Mengele DNA Matches Body’s
Genetic material taken from a body thought to be that of Auschwitz concentration camp doctor Josef Mengele matches samples from living Mengele relatives, proving after a seven-year investigation that the long-sought “angel of death” died in 1979, according to non-governmental sources familiar with a German inquiry.
The results of the probe are to be released officially in Frankfurt next week. But sources told The Washington Post on Friday that the DNA found in a body exhumed in Brazil in 1985 confirms that the remains are those of Mengele.
A DNA match would end speculation that Mengele is still alive. The United States said in 1985 that it believed the body was that of Mengele, but Germany and Israel maintained open files.
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